A Flake's Take

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A shining crystal of light and joy
Graceful in my fall from the sky
Mesmerizing to your eye
The original catcher in the rye

Oh dear, admire my beauty
Learn a lesson, while I do my duty
I am fragile yet stable
I am sublime yet able

I can touch your heart
You can touch my soul
But the moment you hold me
I will be no more

Your dream is like me
Your guiding light
The moment you force it
It will disappear into the night

Comments

Anonymous said…
Snow :)
An interesting, yet so simple an observation...

loved the lines...
"I can touch your heart
You can touch my soul
But the moment you hold me
I will be no more"
sort of like love, innit?

(btw, I've always been envious of those who can write poems with words that rhyme, I can't :()
December 29, 2010 at 12:38 AM
The Illuminator said…
I do not quite know if the Love Analogy holds. You can never hold love, only the lover ;) And there is a difference between holding and suffocating in that case. But then yeah, its all a matter of perspective.

BTW, There was no real rhyme scheme there. Just random rhyming words.
December 29, 2010 at 12:45 AM
Anonymous said…
Well, I took the holding bit more figuratively :-P
More in the love being in a 'just as soon as I belong, then it's time I disappear' kind of place..

ah.. tough to explain... let's leave it at perspective ;)
December 29, 2010 at 1:02 AM
The Illuminator said…
Loved that line, totally!
December 29, 2010 at 1:04 AM
Anonymous said…
Metallica - I disappear
(That song was playing while I was commenting, and it seemed to convey what I wanted to say better than what I was typing... that's why I love music, saves me words...

and yet, I talk too much *hangs head in shame*)
December 29, 2010 at 1:15 AM
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